Figures released by hotel management software firm RateTiger paint an intriguing picture of the continual climb in online activity by hotels.

While some might assume online bookings for hotels, for example, had reached a peak of sorts in recent years and the number of customers trying web booking for the first time was slowing, but data released for the past three years may suggest otherwise.

In addition, hotels appear to be using more sites to distribute products and therefore are calling on the RateTiger system more often to make updates for particular channels.

RateTiger says “online activity” – including room and other inventory changes – from the hotels on its system jumped by 196% between January 2009 and January 2010.

This isn’t far short of the 218% growth experienced between January 2008 and the same period in 2009.

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